Tooth Fairy/Bye for now/Comment update
The tooth fairy visited my daughter this week. This conversation followed:
‘How did she know where to find my tooth? This time it was in a box on the bedside table. Before it was under my pillow.’
‘I don’t know much about tooth fairies,’ I confessed truthfully. ‘Perhaps she had a light?’
My daughter was not buying that. ‘A light?’ she said disbelievingly. ‘Fairies don’t have lights!’
The tooth fairy will survive for the time being. And Santa will probably get one more Christmas. But time waits for no one – not even teacher bloggers – and it’s almost the end of he month.
The good news is that I’m passing the baton to Nuala O’Sullivan. Like me, Nuala has an Irish name and Irish family (parents in my case and grandparents in Nuala’s) but she was born and brought up in Scotland. I’m sure you’ll want to join me in giving Nuala a big welcome.
You’ve also got a new student blogger to look forward to. And you’re very welcome to follow me on Twitter (my username is eslreading).
That’s all for now. It’s been terrific fun and I hope to do it again some time. In the meantime, I’ll end with a huge thank you to you all.
Vocabulary
tooth fairy – comes at night to take away the baby teeth lost by young children. Replaces them with something nice – usually a coin.
It’s true! Honestly!
pass the baton – as in a relay race
brought up – spent childhood
Comment update
Umair I knew about some of the hill stations in India but not the one you mention. Very interesting. Murray is a very Scottish name, incidentally.
Leila – yes it's nice to have four distinct seasons. That was something I missed when I lived in Madrid. And apparently it’s why Rod Stewart doesn’t live in LA full-time – so we’re in good company (or not, depending on your taste!)
And that was a terrible jab pun, by the way! Even worse than mine! Now whom can I tell this joke to....?
Comments
Hi Kieran, this short note is to wish you well and thank you for your witty writs. What is more, I am sure that I am not the only one, who is so pleases that the Tooth Fairy visited your household. Lastly, as you are about to pass the baton to your colleague, let me just say, how pleased you made me by approving my terrible pun. All the best :)
Thanks a lot for you posts. I hope you can write more in the future and we can know more about your. Bye for now!
Kieran, thank you very much for this lovely month of your blogging! And for supporting me with my Woolf's book, I've almost finished it. Now I'm going to select for my reading something easier :) Best wishes, Olya.
Hi Kieran! I enjoyed reading your posts, and I learned a lot. Thank you! This tooth fairy story was also so much interesting. I did not know such a special fairy exists ;) Bye and best wishes.
Kieran, Best wishes from me , take care and play safe.
Hi Kieran! Thanks for taking time to answer to my comment. Good to hear that you know these bands. Tricky is an ace artist. As for the British weather, I think it is "too" changeable. The only thing I like most is the fact that your winters are not severe. Best of luck with everything and have a good week ahead!!
Hi Kieran! I'd like to thank you for your posts. I really enjoyed the issues you raised and I could improve my English this month both reading your entries and writing comments. Thank you. Regards.
Good bye Kieran! Thanks for your interesting and helpful blogs. All the best, Ana Paula.
Good bye Kieran! Thanks for your interesting and helpful blogs. All the best, Ana Paula.
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